"Now this one really is an oddity! The Spaghetti Western did throw up a few odd films (think Django Kill and its homosexual bandits, Blindman with its 50 wives and nudity, the circus troupes of Sabata, and Providence with its Chaplin-esq antics). But, my, if you thought they were weird, wait until you get a load of "Get Mean".

Tony Anthony returns as the Stranger, but rather than being a parody/rehash (depends on how you view it) of A Fistful of Dollars, this film involves our hero on a quest to Spain to escort a princess for money, amidst the battling Vikings and Moors. Proof if any that the Spaghetti boom was on its last legs, desperately seeking new ways to be innovative.

Anthony is very ham-fisted throughout, but I guess that is part of his charm in this genre. The rest of the cast are, in truth, fairly forgettable.

However strange this film may be (and believe me, it is strange), it remains watchable. Not as a western, but as an oddball art-flick".

Anyone else seen it? If so, what did you think of the movie. Remember, I'm sill looking for reviews, if anyone fancies writing one!

Oddness ensues in this spaghetti western as everybodies favorite under dog of the genre "The Stranger", is hired by a witch to escort a princess to Spain. Once in Spain The Stranger must ward off evil Barbarians, a crazed Hunchback, a gay man(played by Anthony's brother), Lesbian warriors, a raging bull, magic and even spirits who want to turn him into a wolf ( ? ) in order to escort the Princess back to her castle and collect his reward of 50,000 dollars. Unfortunatly for our poor anti-hero the princess is kidnapped by the leader of the barbarians, Diego(played by Raf Baldessare), and so The Stranger must rescue her. By the first hour of the film Anthony's character has been buRnt, hung up by his feet, beaten down and roasted like a pig until finally he takes up his trusty four barreled shotgun, some dynamite and a jar full of scorpions and decides to GET MEAN!

This is the fourth and final flick in "The Stranger" series and it is easily the weakest, however it still manages to be highly entertaining(certainly more entertaining than the plodding A Stranger in Town). In fact the only dull moment I can think of is when Anthony must go through some sort of quest to uncover a magical artifact hidden in a cave (once he aquires it he never even uses it). The scene is tedious and unfunny.

As far as acting goes Anthony is in his usual bad acting form (which mysteriously took a hike during the filming of "Blindman") but that is part of Anthony's charm and one wonders if he is really that bad or he just acts bad to get a laugh. Either way his hammy performance works!

There is also an inspired role by Loyd Battista as a crazy hunchback who fancies himself a great shakespearean actor!

Some money was thrown into this one. Big sets, large scale battles and explosive pyrotechnics litter the film. Baldi's direction keeps the film moving at a brisk pace and doesn't let little things like logic and plot hamper the procceedings.

The intention was that if "Get Mean" was a hit, sequels with the Stranger as a time traveler would follow. Unfortunatly, but not surprisingly, the film failed to find an audience.

Interesting behind the scenes footage taken by Tony Anthony's girlfriend (at the time "Get Mean" was shot).There is a funny clip of Anthony flipping the birdie to the camera at one point in the footage.

Finally sat through all of this on my second attempt yesterday.I think the main problem was the annoying jolting movement on my dvdr but after managing to put up with this its not half as bad as i thought,probably better than THE SILENT STRANGER.

Very bizarre indeed including the main vllain being a hunchback called Richard (the third?) who spouts out a load of Shakespeare quotes in the final "showdown" with Anthony.Cannot recommend this as a sw,only really for THE STRANGER/Tony Anthony fans.

Well, this movie was really painful to watch. I would not describe it as an oddity, but as an absolute piece of crap and an insult to the average person's intelligence. I don't know who wrote the script, but that person must have been very high on drugs or very intoxicated with alcohol to mix the Barbarians in Spain (V-VI Century AD) with the Moors (IX-XV Century AD) and the Far West with trains, etc (XIX Century AD).